DECKER, Paul.
[The Relief of Gibraltar by Admiral Leake]Die Gluckliche Entsezung der Haupt Vetung Gibraltar...Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff, c.1720. Etching, 430 x 400mm.After the capture of Gibraltar by the British and Dutch under Admiral Rooke in 1704, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), the combined Spanish and French force laid siege to the fortress. This plate shows Admiral Sir John Leake's attack on the enemy's fleet in the Battle of Cabrita Point, 21st March 1705, which broke the siege. The central scene is surrounded by a rococo border with trophies and allegorical figures, with an inset map of the Rock and a German-text description. Bottom right a lion stands on a shield decorated with the fleur-de-lis. The plate was etched by 'I.I.K' after a painting by Paul Decker, and was published by Wolff in 'Repraesentatio belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico...', a history of the War of the Spanish Succession.
[Ref: 12773]
£500.00
($642 • €562 rates)

DECKER, Paul.
[Early 18th Century engraving showing the Relief of Gibraltar by Admiral Leake]Il Felice Soccorso della Fortezza di Gibilterra..Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff, c.1720. Etching, 430 x 400mm.After the capture of Gibraltar by the British and Dutch under Admiral Rooke in 1704 (part of the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-14), the combined Spanish and French force laid siege to the fortress. This plate shows Admiral Sir John Leake's attack on the enemy's fleet in the Battle of Cabrita Point, 21st March 1705, which broke the siege. The central scene is surrounded by a rococo border with trophies and allegorical figures, with an inset map of the Rock and a German-text description. Bottom right a lion stands on a shield decorated with the fleur-de-lis. The plate was etched by 'I.I.K' after a painting by Paul Decker, and was published by Wolff in 'Repraesentatio belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico...', a history of the War of the Spanish Succession. The Italian text title is separately printed so the same plate could be issued in different languages.
[Ref: 18680]
£900.00
($1,155 • €1,011 rates)

LETH, Andries de.
[Dutch broadsheet of the Anglo-Spanish War, 1727-9.]Niew en Seer Naw Keurig Corecte Plan van Gibraltar...Amsterdam, Andries & Hendrick de Leth, 1727. 410 x 575mm plus separate letterpress sheet. Narrow margins, repairs to folds.A rare broadsheet map published to illustrate accounts of the 1727 Anglo-Spanish War. The largest map shows the siege of Gibraltar, dedicated to Lord Portmore who, as governor of Gibraltar from 1713-20, had greatly improved the defences of the fortress. Underneath are: a plan of the Blockade of Porto Bello in Panama, in which the British didn't fire a shot but lost three-quarters of their men to disease; the Strait of Gibraltar; and a plan of Cartagena, the Spanish naval base.The letterpress text contains a key to the Gibraltar map in French and Dutch and a description in Dutch only.
[Ref: 11927]
£1,000.00
($1,283 • €1,123 rates)

RIVERA VALENZUELA, Juan Maria de.
[A very scarce Spanish broadside about Gibraltar]Mapa de la Ciudad, Y Famosa Plaza de Armas de Gibraltar, segun sus novissimas Fortificaciones...Seville: Francisco Sanchez Reciente, c.1760. 215 x 330mm, set in letterpress, bissected and laid on card covered with blue paper, canvas hinge, total 340 x 515mm, with silk hanging rings. A few signs of wear.A very unusual Spanish-text broadside, with a map-view of Gibraltar with a letterpress key and a history of the Rock until 1726. It was written by Don Juan Maria de Rivera Valenzuela Pizarro y Eslava (1730-66), probably when the Seven Years's War gave the Spanish another opportunity to retake the fortress. The dedication is to Juan José Navarro (1687-1772), Director General of the Spanish Navy, who was made 1st Marquis of la Victoria in 1744 for beating the British at Toulon.
[Ref: 18792]
£1,250.00
($1,604 • €1,404 rates)

LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis.
[A scarce Italian version of Le Rouge's map of Gibraltar]Nuova pianta di Gibilterra con tutte le sue fortificazioni / Pianta della baja di Gibilterra..Rome: Bouchard e Gravier, c.1762. Original colour. 405 x 620mm. Minor repairs to margins.A map of Gibraltar published towards the end of the Seven Years' War (1756-63) but based on Le Rouge's map of 1756, with an inset of the Bay of Gibraltar. The publishers, Giuseppe Bouchard and Giovanni Gravier, are most famous for being publshers of Piranesi's famous ' Vedute di Roma '. This is one of their few forays into cartography, a rare item.
[Ref: 18435]
£1,450.00
($1,860 • €1,628 rates)